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Solved: Wendax 1451 - Fiat 1400 Brasil Cabriolet by Stabilimenti Farina

Started by Wendax, December 22, 2014, 01:39:10 AM

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Wendax

Elegant.

For one point, please respond and identify this car and its coachbuilder.

Wendax


als15

It should be a Fiat 1400 bodied by Bertone.

Wendax

It is a Fiat 1400, but not by Bertone.

als15

You are right, it's coachbuilt by Stabilimenti Farina. I never realized before how similar is it to the 1st Bertone St.Leger. Both by Michelotti, of course...

Wendax

Yes, coachwork by Stabilimenti Farina. Locked for you to find its name.

als15

It was called "Cabriolet Partenope" (latin name of Naples).

Wendax

Not the name I have, still locked.

als15

My source is the period magazine Motor Italia, that should be very reliable.
Does your use a different definition as "Convertibile" (also often used by Farina for his open bodies) instead of "Cabriolet" or the issue is about "Partenope"?

Wendax

I took the picture from a Stab. Farina brochure, and there it is called Cabriolet 5 Posti "XXX" Fiat 1400 (don't count the Xs).

als15

My last guess is "Brasile", that according to Motor Italia should have been the coupé version...

Wendax

I'll accept that although my source says Brasil without "e".  ;)

One more point for you.

als15

Very good. Not just for my 150th point, but also because so I'm able to fix a little mistake in my coachbuilt-Fiats knowledge-base.

Wendax